Tag Archive for: best portuguese recipes

Creamy Turnip Soup (Sopa de Nabo)

Creamy Turnip Soup (Sopa de Nabo)

  Creamy Turnip Soup (Sopa de Nabo)  gives a smooth mouth feel from the pureed white kidney beans. Stray pantry items make wonderful additions to a pot luck soup.  Though dried beans are better, canned, rinsed kidney beans can be used…
Sonhos (Dreams)
,

Sonhos (Dreams)

  These Sonhos (Dreams) are a bite size or two of yum! These are one of my father's favorites.  You can update it by piping in some custard or preserve filling, but they are wonderful as they are. These Sonhos (Dreams) are often seen…
Cozido (Boiled Dinner)
,

Cozido (Boiled Dinner)

This Cozido (Boiled Dinner) is an adapted version of the recipe in Portuguese Home Cooking. Typically, a pig's ears, snout, feet, or the head itself are included with beef, chicken, and sausages. However, you can vary the meats to your liking…
Pork and Shrimp Sauté
, ,

Pork and Shrimp Sauté

The dish of a Pork and Shrimp Sauté (picardinho de porco e camarao) can be a blessing. Sometimes during the business of preparing pies and do ahead dishes for the holiday meal, we need to make something satisfying to eat. Serve this with rice…
Holidays

Holidays

Meals for the Holidays can be boring. Looking for something different to start off that turkey or lamb dinner?  Check out my recipe for Zesty Linguica Spread. Use it as a spread, fill premade filo cups or roll it or fold it, up in puff pastry…